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Hello, I would like to recruit your eighth grader

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Those of you with eighth graders, relax…I’m only kidding. Most of you know by now that Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie took a commitment last week from Michael Avery, an eighth grader from Thousand Oaks, California. And the reaction from around the country has sparked much needed conversation on how out of control this whole recruiting […]

2008 class will help bring stability to program

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

When the national recruiting gurus compile their final 2008 class rankings in late May, the class coming to Bloomington next fall will likely be missing from the top of many lists. There’s no big time name like Eric Gordon that will make a splash from the get-go.
A quick glance at the rankings on both Scout.com […]

Decision on dismissed players looms for Crean

Monday, April 7th, 2008

With the news on Sunday that both Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis have contacted Tom Crean to discuss reinstatement, the new Indiana coach is faced with a pivotal decision less than a week into his tenure.
From a basketball standpoint, allowing both Bassett and Ellis to return to the program is a no-brainer. The duo represents […]

The Aftermath: Eric Gordon

Friday, April 4th, 2008

First, a confession: I considered boring you with a press release from IU media relations later today with the news that Eric Gordon declared for the NBA Draft. After all, the easy thing would have been to just forget about Gordon and move on since his days in Bloomington will now be limited to the […]

A new sense of direction for Indiana basketball

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

The last 48 hours have been nothing short of a whirlwind of emotions for fans of Indiana basketball.
Monday night, the feeling was that of doom and gloom as we learned interim head coach Dan Dakich had dismissed Jamarcus Ellis and Armon Bassett from the program and the coaching search appeared to be at a standstill.
Then […]

Rick Greenspan, you’re on the clock

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

As the “blue ribbon” search committee moves to get a coach in place before Saturday’s Final Four in San Antonio, IU fans are gathered at this very blog, other blogs, message boards and water coolers at work commenting about the direction of the program.
There are contrasting opinions on who the choice should be, but there […]

Positive positivity going into tonight

Friday, March 21st, 2008

I don’t think it takes any sort of expert in the field of season definition to tell us the overriding adjective to describe IU’s 2007-2008 season. If Big A were to put up a poll over on the right sidebar there, I have a feeling “disappointing” would win going away. This has been a disappointing […]

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